Different policing rates of eggs laid by queenright and queenless anarchistic honey-bee workers (Apis mellifera L.)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 480-484

  Beekman, Madeleine ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anarchistic honey bees; Apis mellifera; Egg marking signal; Reproductive competition; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

EGG REJECTION; HONEYBEE; QUEENLESS COLONY; REPRODUCTION; WORKER POLICING;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0141924664     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0647-7     Document Type: Article

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